Typhoid Fever, Causes, Signs and Symptoms and Prevention: Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, is a potentially fatal multi systemic illness caused primarily by salmonella typhi and to a lesser extent by salmonella para typhi with proper treatment. Enteric fever yields a high cure rate but untreated typhoid fever may progress to delirium which is an abrupt change in the brain that causes mental confusion and emotional disruption, intestinal obstruction, intestinal hemorrhage, bowel perforation and death within one month of onset of the disease. Most common transmission method of typhoid fever is oral transmission via ingestion of contaminated food and beverages these food handlers are often asymptomatic. They chronically shed the bacteria through feces or less commonly urine due to poor personal hygiene of these people. Food is often contaminated with bacteria. Bacteria can also be transmitted by drinking sewage contaminated water and eating shellfish and neglecting hand h...
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